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Exploring UFOs and Extraterrestrial LifeTue, 26 Sep 2017 17:21:37 +0000en-UShourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.8.2Alien-themed ‘Are We Alone’ week returns tonight on Science Channelhttp://www.openminds.tv/alien-themed-alone-week-returns-tonight-science-channel/32365
http://www.openminds.tv/alien-themed-alone-week-returns-tonight-science-channel/32365#respondMon, 02 Mar 2015 22:02:45 +0000http://www.openminds.tv/?p=32365Are We Alone? week returns to Science Channel March 2-6th. Now in it’s fourth consecutive year, the week-long event highlights programming exploring UFOs and extraterrestrial life and will feature new episodes of NASA’s Unexplained Files, Close Encounters, and UFO Conspiracies. A new feature this year is a trip to the 2015 International UFO Congress. They explain, “New to ARE WE ALONE? WEEK, Science Channel shares stories of those individuals who are brave enough to admit to encounters with out-of-this-world experiences. Science Channel visited the 2015 UFO Congress to speak to those who have experienced life beyond this planet as they share their tales for the first time.”

A UFO crash lands in Pennsylvania. Was it a top secret Soviet satellite — or something far more dangerous? On the red-hot surface of Mercury, NASA finds the impossible: frozen water. Could there be life on this fiery hell? A strange object causes a skyscraper-sized shadow on the surface of Mars’s largest moon. What is it, and how did it get there? NASA’s Unexplained Files examines the dark side of space exploration, as astronauts and scientists reveal mysteries seemingly ripped from science fiction.

NASA astronaut Mike Barratt, describes photographing a strange ring in the ice on the world’s oldest and most mysterious lake from the International Space Station. More rings on Lake Baikal have been seen since, they baffle scientists.

10 p.m. EST Close Encounters: Hunting Season (WORLD PREMIERE)

Two brothers witness something extraordinary that defies explanation while hunting in Idaho. A strange metal craft passes over Antananarivo, Madagascar plunging it into darkness for almost 10 minutes. Thousands of citizens witness the event.

10:30 p.m. EST Close Encounters: Alien Assault (WORLD PREMIERE)

Texas police receive several calls about a 200-foot flying object from local citizens. Two farmers witness the strange sighting up close. In Scotland, a property inspector is knocked unconscious when he comes in contact with a strange metallic object.

Was the Moon landing faked? Startling images of Mercury reveal massive spider-like formations on its surface. Is it a complex system of trenches — or something much more ominous? A top secret space shuttle mission ends in near-disaster, but many of the mission’s details remain classified. What was NASA’s secret mission? NASA’s Unexplained Files examines the dark side of space exploration, as astronauts and scientists reveal mysteries seemingly ripped from science fiction.

THURSDAY, MARCH 5

10 p.m. EST UFO Conspiracies: UFO Dogfight (WORLD PREMIERE)

A string of lights crashes into Canadian waters, and the government declares a UFO incident; a silvery object streaks across the New Zealand skies at high speed; and, in Iran, fighters are scrambled to investigate a UFO, leading to a bizarre dogfight.

FRIDAY, MARCH 6

10 p.m. EST Close Encounters: Alien Vampires (WORLD PREMIERE)

In Brazil, 3 men escape a close encounter only to realize it lasted hours longer than any of them realized. In Canada, a thirteen-year-old boy is temporally blinded after investigating a strange object near his home.

You can use #AreWeAlone to participate in the conversation.

]]>http://www.openminds.tv/alien-themed-alone-week-returns-tonight-science-channel/32365/feed0Are aliens attacking our nuclear arsenal? ‘Unexplained Files’ explores this Tuesdayhttp://www.openminds.tv/aliens-attacking-nuclear-arsenal-unexplained-files-explores-tuesday/29882
http://www.openminds.tv/aliens-attacking-nuclear-arsenal-unexplained-files-explores-tuesday/29882#commentsMon, 08 Sep 2014 18:55:09 +0000http://www.openminds.tv/?p=29882Science Channel is set to explore a highly debated topic within the field of UFO research. Are extraterrestrial civilizations trying to shut down our nuclear weapons? This Tuesday, on The Unexplained Files, hear from retired USAF officer Robert Salas, Paul Stonehill, and others.

A release from Science Channel explains, “From the U.S. to Great Britain and Russia, senior military personnel worldwide have witnessed strange UFOs over nuclear installations. In some instances they have reported that all nuclear warheads became inoperable when the UFOs are overhead. In this all new episode of THE UNEXPLAINED FILES, former military officers believe the U.S. government and others know the answer, and aren’t revealing all they know to the public.”

The all new episode of The Unexplained Files airs this Tuesday, September 9th at 10 PM ET/PT on Science Channel.

The episode will first cover a mysterious skeleton discovered in Peru in 2011. The skeleton made headlines the following year when analysis revealed unusual DNA sequencing. The media quickly latched on to claims that this could be the skeleton of an alien. According the Science Channel, “Anthropologist Dr. Theo Paredes investigates these shocking claims as forensic analysis reveals that the skeleton was not the victim of disease or ritual cranial deformation. And when tests fail to identify paternal DNA, he is forced to consider the possibility of an extra-terrestrial origin.”

From the desert to the Baltic Sea, the show will dive into the mysterious object discovered resting on the floor of the ocean. The shape of the object resembles the Millennium Falcon from Star Wars and has lead researchers to believe they’ve discovered the remains of a crashed UFO. The mystery deepens as they uncover reports of military UFO records and further UFO sightings in the area. The Science Channel states, “Polish fisherman Mirek Malczewski and five other crew members witness a UFO hovering above the Baltic. The craft has a remarkable similarity to the disc found by Ocean X.”

The UFO encounter reportedly took place in Taize, France in 1972, and was witnessed by several “Christian youth” who were at a retreat. According to Science Channel:

During the retreat they reported seeing an object land on a hillside and emit solid beams of light for more than two hours. Some walked closer to the object and shined their flashlights, but the beams of their flashlights bent as if being repelled by the object. Investigators were never able to determine exactly what the object was and the mystery remains unsolved to this day.

Close Encounters is a new addition to Science Channel that premiered during the channel’s alien-themed Are We Alone? week at the beginning of March. Although the series already aired in Canada, Close Encounters made its U.S. debut at Open Minds’ 2014 International UFO Congress.

Science Channel describes, “Close Encounters explores the countless UFO sightings which are reported from thousands of regions worldwide. Many of these sightings are documented and investigated, and can be accounted for by weather patterns, flight schedules or extraordinary imagination. But a select few are still considered unsolved extraterrestrial puzzles that police investigators, government officials and even medical communities cannot explain.”

The episode exploring the 1972 sighting in France airs Tuesday, March 25 at 10 p.m. ET/PT.

]]>http://www.openminds.tv/ufo-recorded-vancouver-spacing-episode-67/26454/feed0Alien-themed ‘Are We Alone’ week returns to the Science Channelhttp://www.openminds.tv/alien-themed-alone-week-returns-science-channel/26194
http://www.openminds.tv/alien-themed-alone-week-returns-science-channel/26194#respondWed, 26 Feb 2014 21:25:57 +0000http://www.openminds.tv/?p=26194Once again, the Science Channel is reprising its popular extraterrestrial-themed Are We Alone? week.

As previous years have demonstrated, the Science Channel does an incredible job packing the first week of March with highly entertaining and provocative shows exploring UFOs and extraterrestrial life.

As the network explains, “This March, Science Channel returns with its programming event dedicated to one of mankind’s most pressing questions with ARE WE ALONE? – a week-long campaign dedicated to satisfying viewers’ appetite for aliens.” Science Channel’s executive vice president and general manager, Debbie Myers, states, “So many people are obsessed with the existence of aliens . . . ARE WE ALONE? ignites their imaginations with bold new questions, and engages current research happening in the field of extraterrestrial life. It’s programming that asks questions and makes you think. We hope ARE WE ALONE? advances the conversation even further.”

The week of alien and UFO programing begins on Sunday, March 2 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT with new episodes of NASA’S Unexplained Files. Other new programs, like the series Close Encounters, will air during the week. And Morgan Freeman’s Through the Wormhole, which has been featured in previous years, returns to Are We Alone? week. The show Uncovering Aliens, featuring Open Minds’ Maureen Elsberry, is also airing during the week.

The Science Channel partnered with Open Minds to premiere some of these shows at the 2014 International UFO Congress where they were well-received.

Discovery Communications’ Science Channel will air six consecutive hours of Uncovering Aliens beginning Wednesday, January 15.

One episode of the show premiered on Discovery’s Animal Planet on December 15, 2013. That episode, titled “Black Ops Conspiracy,” will re-air on the Science Channel, along with two other previously unaired episodes.

According to the schedule published on Science Channel’s website, the Uncovering Aliens marathon begins at 8:00 p.m. (the times listed are for both ET and PT):

8:00 p.m.

Abductions & Bright Lights

Six million Americans believe they’ve encountered an alien. Four top UFO investigators are now on a mission across America to hunt down the truth: are extra-terrestrials here on Earth, and if so, what do they want from us?

9:00 p.m.

Alien Harvesting

Six million Americans believe they’ve encountered an alien. Four top UFO investigators are now on a mission across America to hunt down the truth: are extra-terrestrials here on Earth, and if so, what do they want from us?

10:00 p.m.

Black Ops Conspiracy

The investigators head to UFO hotspot Sedona, Arizona. They meet a former senator who claims the government is using alien technology, are buzzed by a black ops helicopter, and find evidence of a secret base where the U.S. military analyzes crashed UFOs.

Then these episode will immediately repeat at 11:00 p.m., 12:00 a.m., and 1:00 a.m. respectively.

All three episodes will be shown again in succession on Friday, January 17 beginning at 3:00 a.m.

The team of investigators featured on Uncovering Aliens includes Derrel Sims, Steven Jones, Mike Bara, and Open Minds‘ Maureen Elsberry.

Freeman, who is currently the executive producer and host of the Science Channel’s popular series Through The Wormhole, was recently interviewed by HuffPost Science. When asked if extraterrestrial life exists, Freeman responded with the seemingly trendy, go-to answer: “If you look out into the universe, there are just billions of galaxies, and each galaxy contains billions and billions of stars. So it’s ludicrous to imagine that there aren’t other populated worlds.” But when asked if he thinks intelligent extraterrestrial life exists, he answered, “I think life itself is intelligent. All life has intelligence. Otherwise it doesn’t exist.”

(Credit: Science Channel)

And when HuffPost Science asked Freeman if he worries about carnivorous extraterrestrials coming to Earth and eating humans, he replied, “Noooo. Suppose they are carnivorous. Does that mean they eat us?”

Freeman also revealed that he has never seen a UFO, and that he doesn’t believe extraterrestrials have visited Earth. He opined, “I cannot believe that we have been secretly visited by another life form that didn’t leave more of a record of its having been here. If they came, why leave? It had to be an enormous journey.”

Through the Wormhole is currently in its fourth season on the Science channel.

You can read the full interview with Morgan Freeman on the Huffington Post website.

]]>http://www.openminds.tv/morgan-freeman-doesnt-think-aliens-will-eat-us-1068/22619/feed2Science Channel reprises alien-themed monthhttp://www.openminds.tv/science-channel-reprises-alien-themed-month-917/18714
http://www.openminds.tv/science-channel-reprises-alien-themed-month-917/18714#commentsWed, 20 Feb 2013 15:47:19 +0000http://www.openminds.tv/?p=18714Last year, the Science Channel devoted the month of March to exploring the question, “Are we alone?” And the channel plans to do the same thing this year.

In March, the Science Channel’s “Are We Alone?” month will feature new content, rather than repeating the same programming from last year. The Hollywood Reporter explains, “The lineup will include new episodes of Alien Encounters, examining what would happen if aliens invaded Earth, as well as the new special, Aliens: The Definitive Guide, which Science Channel calls an ‘Encyclopedia Galactica of non-Earth life forms.’ Other programming includes specials centering on the planets Mars and Venus.”

Explaining why the Science Channel is reprising its alien-themed month, Debbie Adler Myers, executive vice president and general manager of the channel said, “‘Are We Alone?’ month was a big hit for Science Channel last March. We invited viewers to join the search for extraterrestrial life, and it’s clear that everyone enjoys programming of an alien kind.”

The “Are We Alone?” programming begins March 5 on the Science Channel.